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rubber¹
- /ˈɹʌbə/ UK
- /ˈɹʌbɚ/ US
- /ˈɹɐbə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɹʊbə/ Northern England
- /ˈɹʊbəɹ/ Ireland
- /ˈɹʌbəɹ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈrəbbə(r)/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌbə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
The sense of the substance comes from its ability to function as an eraser, displacing earlier caoutchouc. The senses not pertaining to rubbing or erasing are secondarily derived from the name of the substance.
noun rubbers
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Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
Similar: natural rubber
- Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber. In the middle of the dense woodland near Sullia, a small town in southern India, there is one form of lighting for the poor and another for the rich: for the former, lamps burning kerosene, which has to be fetched from a source several hours away on foot, and is bad for the lungs; for the latter, el
- An eraser. For example, they may use paddle pop sticks, hand span, pencils, rubbers, mathematics equipment (i.e. base 10 material) or anything else the teacher can find to measure the lengths of nominated objects.
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A condom, especially an external condom.
And the rubbers you hide / In your top left pocket
Similar: condom, cum catcher, rubber
- Someone or something which rubs. What perplexity plagues the chin-rubber in the foreground and what so discourages the man leaning on the lamp post? And to what doom is the large man at right moving? Photographer Cowherd has no answers.
- One who rubs down horses.
- One who practises massage. I curl his perriwig, paint his cheeks, perfume his breath; I am his froterer or rubber in a hot-house
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- The cushion of an electric machine.
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The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate.
Similar: pitcher's plate, pitcher's rubber
- Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes. Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today.
- Tires, particularly racing tires. Jones enters the pits to get new rubber.
- A hardship or misfortune. The British barges, off New-London, sometimes meet with the rubbers. In an attack upon an armed smack, some days ago, they were beaten off, with the reported loss of 8 men killed.
adjective
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Not covered by funds on account.
Similar: I wouldn't take a check from him. They're pure rubber., hot, bad
rubber²
- /ˈɹʌbə/ UK
- /ˈɹʌbɚ/ US
- /ˈɹɐbə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɹʊbə/ Northern England
- /ˈɹʊbəɹ/ Ireland
- /ˈɹʌbəɹ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈrəbbə(r)/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌbə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Unknown.
noun rubbers
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist). They played, and Creed and his young partner won the first rubber, winning the two first games running.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports). Ladies matches shall consist of 6 rubbers. Each rubber shall consist of best of 3 games to 21 points.
- A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- The game of rubber bridge. "Still, I confess that I miss my rubber. It is the first Saturday night for seven-and-twenty years that I have not had my rubber." "I think you will find that you will play for a higher stake to-night than you have ever done yet, and that the play will be more exciting."
rubber³
- /ˈɹʌbə/ UK
- /ˈɹʌbɚ/ US
- /ˈɹɐbə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɹʊbə/ Northern England
- /ˈɹʊbəɹ/ Ireland
- /ˈɹʌbəɹ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈrəbbə(r)/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌbə(ɹ)
verb rubbers · rubbering · rubbered
- To eavesdrop on a telephone call "There's a lot of nostalgia about the phone and how it was the way to get the local news," said Jane Beck of the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. One way was "rubbering," or listening in on a neighbor's conversations ...
- To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity. Old Sally didn't talk much, except to rave about the Lunts, because she was busy rubbering and being charming.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: prophylactic, india rubber, rubberize, rubberized, gum elastic, caoutchouc, condom, golosh, arctic, gumshoe, galosh, safety, no-good, bad, safe, impermeable
Translations
Every language
noun pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
| Español | caucho, goma, hule |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고무 gomu |
| 日本語 | ゴム gomu |
| 中文 | 橡膠 /橡胶 xiàngjiāo, 橡皮 xiàngpí |
| हिन्दी | रबर rabar, रबड़ rabaṛ |
| Português | borracha |
| Français | caoutchouc, gomme |
| Deutsch | Gummi, Kautschuk |
| Italiano | gomma |
| Ελληνικά | ελαστικό κόμμι elastikó kómmi, καουτσούκ kaoutsoúk |
| Română | cauciuc |
| Русский | рези́на rezína, каучу́к kaučúk |
| Tiếng Việt | cao su |
| العربية | مَطَّاط maṭṭāṭ |
| עברית | גוּמִי gúmi |
noun synthetic materials with the same properties
| Español | goma |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ゴム gomu, 合成ゴム gōsei-gomu |
| Português | borracha |
| Français | gomme, caoutchouc |
| Deutsch | Gummi, Kautschuk |
| Ελληνικά | λάστιχο lásticho |
| Română | cauciuc |
| Русский | рези́на rezína |
noun condom
| Español | goma |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ゴム gomu |
| 中文 | 套兒 /套儿 tàor, 安全套 ānquántào, 避孕套 bìyùntào |
| Português | camisinha, preservativo |
| Français | capote, condom, préservatif |
| Deutsch | Gummi, Kondom, Präservativ |
| Italiano | preservativo |
| Ελληνικά | προφυλακτικό profylaktikó |
| Русский | презервати́в prezervatív, рези́нка rezínka, гондо́н gondón |
noun tires
| Español | goma |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ゴム gomu |
| Français | gommes |
| Deutsch | Gummi |
| Ελληνικά | λάστιχα lásticha |
| Română | cauciuc |
| Русский | ши́ны šíny, рези́на rezína |
adj not covered by funds
| Español | cheque sin fondos |
|---|---|
| Français | chèque en bois |
Talk about this word "rubber." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rubber. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rubber. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rubber "rubber." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rubber.Cite this
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title = {rubber},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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